First Financial Corporation
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Introduction

This page provides a comprehensive analysis of the known insider trading history of Michael A Carty. Insiders are officers, directors, or significant investors in a company. It is illegal for insiders to make trades in their companies based on specific, non-public information. This does not mean it is illegal for them to make any trades in their own companies. However, they must report all trades to the SEC via a Form 4. Despite these restrictions, academic research suggests that insiders - in general - tend to outperform the market in their own companies.

Average Trade Profitability

The average trade profitability is the average return of all the open market purchases made by the insider in the last three years. To calculate this, we examine every open-market, unplanned purchase made by the insider, excluding all trades that were marked as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. We then calculate the average performance of those trades over 3, 6, and 12 months, averaging each of those durations to generate a final performance metric for each trade. Finally, we average all of the performance metrics to calculate a performance metric for the insider. This list only includes insiders that have made at least three trades in the last two years.

If this insiders trade profitability is "N/A", then the insider either has not made any open-market purchases in the last three years, or the trades they’ve made are too recent to calculate a reliable performance metric.

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Companies with Reported Insider Positions

The SEC filings indicate Michael A Carty has reported holdings or trades in the following companies:

Security Title Latest Reported Holdings
US:THFF / First Financial Corporation Director 2,783
How to Interpret the Charts

The following charts show the stock performance of securities subsequent to each open-market, non-planned trade made by Michael A Carty. Non-planned trade are trades that were not made as part of a 10b5-1 trading plan. The stock performance is charted as cumulative percent change in share price. For example, if an insider trade was made on January 1, 2019, the chart will show the daily percent change of the security to the present day. If the share price were to go from $10 to $15 during this time, the cumulative percent change in share price would be 50%. A change in price from $10 to $20 would be 100%, and a change in price of $10 to $5 would be -50%.

Ultimately, we are trying to determine how closely the insider’s trades correlate to excess returns (positive or negative) in the share price in order to see if the insider is timing their trades to profit from insider information. Consider the situation where an insider was doing this. In this situation, we would expect either (a) positive returns after purchases, or (b) negative returns after sales. In the case of (a), the PURCHASE chart would show a series of upwardly sloping curves, indicating positive returns after each purchase transaction. In the case of (b), the SALE chart would show a series of downward sloping curves, indicating negative returns after each sale transaction.

However, this alone is not enough to draw conclusions. If, for example, the share price of the company was in a non-cyclical climb over many years, then we would expect all the post-purchase plots to be upwardly sloping. Likewise, non-cyclical declines over many years would result in downward sloping post-trade plots. Neither of these charts would suggest insider trading activity.

The strongest indicator would be a situation where the share price was extremely cyclical, and there were both positive signals in the PURCHASE chart and negative plots on the SALE chart. This situation would be highly suggestive of an insider that was timing trades to their financial advantage.

Insider Purchases THFF / First Financial Corporation - Short Term Profit Analysis

In this section, we analyze the profitability of every unplanned, open-market insider purchase made in THFF / First Financial Corporation. This analysis helps to understand if the insider consistently generates abnormal returns, and is worth following. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market purchases that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date Ticker Insider Reported
Shares
Reported
Price
Adjusted
Shares
Adjusted
Price
Cost Basis Days to
Max
Price at
Max
Max
Profit ($)
Max Return (%)
2023-05-01 THFF CARTY MICHAEL A 500 34.1974 500 34.1974 17,099 240 44.6600 5,232 30.60
2023-05-01 THFF CARTY MICHAEL A 500 34.2496 500 34.2496 17,125
2023-05-01 THFF CARTY MICHAEL A 500 34.2001 500 34.2001 17,100
2023-05-01 THFF CARTY MICHAEL A 325 34.4060 325 34.4060 11,182
2023-02-17 THFF CARTY MICHAEL A 140 44.2803 140 44.2803 6,199
2022-11-17 THFF CARTY MICHAEL A 128 48.4153 128 48.4153 6,197
2022-08-17 THFF CARTY MICHAEL A 130 47.8315 130 47.8315 6,218
2022-05-18 THFF CARTY MICHAEL A 145 43.2588 145 43.2588 6,273
2022-02-15 THFF CARTY MICHAEL A 135 46.1600 135 46.1600 6,232
2021-11-22 THFF CARTY MICHAEL A 142 44.4408 142 44.4408 6,311

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

THFF / First Financial Corporation Insider Trades
Insider Sales THFF / First Financial Corporation - Short Term Loss Analysis

In this section, we analyze the short-term loss avoidance of every unplanned, open-market insider sale made in THFF / First Financial Corporation. A consistent pattern of loss avoidance may suggest that future sale transactions may predict declines in price. This analysis is for one-year following each trade, and the results are theoretical.

The following table shows the most recent open market sales that were not part of an automatic trading plan.

Trade Date Ticker Insider Reported
Shares
Reported
Price
Adjusted
Shares
Adjusted
Price
Cost Basis Days to
Min
Price at
Min
Max Loss
Avoided ($)
Max Loss
Avoided (%)
There are no known unplanned open-market trades for this insider and security combination

Adjusted Price is the split-adjusted price. Adjusted Shares is the split-adjusted shares.

THFF / First Financial Corporation Insider Trades
Insider Trading History

This table shows the complete list of insider trades made by Michael A Carty as disclosed to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).

File Date Tran Date Form Ticker Security Code 10b5-1 Shares Remaining Shares Percent
Change
Share
Price
Tran
Value
Remaining
Value
2025-01-17 2023-05-01 4 THFF FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/
First Financial Corp Stock
P - Purchase 325 2,783 13.22 34.41 11,182 95,752
2025-01-17 2023-05-01 4 THFF FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/
First Financial Corp Stock
P - Purchase 500 2,458 25.54 34.20 17,100 84,064
2025-01-17 2023-05-01 4 THFF FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/
First Financial Corp Stock
P - Purchase 500 1,958 34.29 34.25 17,125 67,061
2025-01-17 2023-05-01 4 THFF FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/
First Financial Corp Stock
P - Purchase 500 1,458 52.19 34.20 17,099 49,860
2025-01-17 2023-02-17 4 THFF FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/
First Financial Corp Stock
P - Purchase 140 958 17.11 44.28 6,199 42,421
2025-01-17 2022-11-17 4 THFF FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/
First Financial Corp Stock
P - Purchase 128 818 18.55 48.42 6,197 39,604
2025-01-17 2022-08-17 4 THFF FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/
First Financial Corp Stock
P - Purchase 130 690 23.21 47.83 6,218 33,004
2025-01-17 2022-05-18 4 THFF FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/
First Financial Corp Stock
P - Purchase 145 560 34.94 43.26 6,273 24,225
2025-01-17 2021-11-22 4 THFF FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/
First Financial Corp Stock
P - Purchase 142 415 52.01 44.44 6,311 18,443
2022-02-15 2022-02-15 4 THFF FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/
First Financial Corp Stock
P - Purchase 135 273 97.83 46.16 6,232 12,602
2020-12-18 3 THFF FIRST FINANCIAL CORP /IN/
First Financial Corp Stock
138
P
Open market or private purchase of non-derivative or derivative security
S
Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security
A
Grant, award, or other acquisition of securities from the company (such as an option)
C
Conversion of derivative
D
Sale or transfer of securities back to the company
F
Payment of exercise price or tax liability using portion of securities received from the company
G
Gift of securities by or to the insider
K
Equity swaps and similar hedging transactions
M
Exercise or conversion of derivative security received from the company (such as an option)
V
A transaction voluntarily reported on Form 4
J
Other (accompanied by a footnote describing the transaction)